She was born July 24, 1973 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Robert and Kelli McCann.
Jennifer, Jen to friends and family, was a graduate of Plattsmouth High School in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. She graduated in 1992 in the top 1% of her class. After high school she worked several different jobs until marrying her high school sweetheart and moving to Bonham, Texas in the late 1990’s. In Texas Jen was a Communications Officer and 911 Dispatcher. She lived in Bonham for a few years and then took a job with the McKinney Police Department in the same position.
During the course of her life, Jen enjoyed a great many things. She traveled, spent time with her friends, and had a voracious love of the written word. If she was not reading a book then she was writing. Jennifer is survived by her father, Robert McCann; son, Ethan Burns; sister, Casey Stock; nephew, Benjamin Stock and life-long friend Chad Burns. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, P.B. Thompson and Nadine Sinz; her paternal grandparents, J.D. and Virginia McCann; and her mother, Kelli McCann.